David Van Os and DFA's endorsement

[PDittie]

The Christmas holiday is passed, the fiber-optic Santa packed away, the bowl games all played, and the campaigns for the Texas Democratic primary (March 7) are in high gear. I want to advocate for my favorite candidate, and it's not to beg for money (though you would never be discouraged from donating).

David Van Os needs your help in securing the endorsement of his campaign for Texas Attorney General from the good folks at Democracy for America.

As you all know well, the seal of approval from DFA is a coveted one in progressive circles, and there’s no candidate who is more deserving. So click here, and write a few words as to why you think he merits their endorsement.

Don’t have the words? Don’t know the man well enough to do so? Let me help you with that.

You may know him a little from some of his posts here at DU, or his diaries at Daily Kos, but let me tell you about the man I have come to know over just the past couple of years.

Van Os has been fighting the Bush regime long before he went to Florida in 2000 to contest the recount in Bush v. Gore. He’s been fighting for working men and women long before he was the general counsel for the Texas AFL-CIO. He fought against the illegal and immoral war in Iraq way before he went to Camp Casey this summer. He’s been a fighter for economic and social justice for the people of Texas all of his life. You can read more about his life here, but you can also take my word for it. David Van Os walks the walk.

In 2004, Van Os ran for a seat on the Texas Supreme Court because he wanted to take that court back from the mega-corporations which have it bought, paid for, and tucked in their vest pockets. At a time when the PATRIOT Act (and not illegal wiretapping) was our biggest concern, he chose to fight to restore the constitutional checks and balances that protect the rights and liberties of all Texans.

He is running for the office of Texas Attorney General in 2006 in order to carry the same fight to a new front. Though we may be on the verge of taking out Tom DeLay, Texas is still under withering assault by swarms of corrupt Republicans lining their pockets with the millions of dollars flowing from ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco and the other big oil companies, from State Farm and Allstate and the other insurance companies, and dozens of other assorted lobbyists and mouthpieces of greed. A strong attorney general in Austin, vested with the power inherent in the Texas Constitution’s Bill of Rights, can do more to achieve economic and social justice for Texans than twenty congressmen in Washington DC.

With your help, DFA will be influenced to throw the weight of their endorsement behind David’s campaign, and that will be a big push forward in returning the state of Texas back to the people (and away from corporate control).

Take two minutes and write a recommendation on behalf of David Van Os, and then click 'send'. Thanks.

[sonias]

1. Speaking up for David

And giving him the big recommendation. He deserves it for all he does. He's a tireless fighter for all good Democrats, but especially those of us at ground zero in Texas. Remember folks we have to take back the states like Texas so that we can win back this country. David Van Os is a real gutsy fighter and he does not surrender. In fact in David's own words "We'll fight'em till hell freezes over, and then we'll fight'em on the ice".



Sonia